# 1414 Merriam Avenue, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2025360005/1414-merriam-avenue-bronx).
BBL 2025360005 · BIN 2003563 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 14 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 27 apartments
- 8 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 3 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 4 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 eviction executed in the last 3 years

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized: on the DHCR 2024 registered building list.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1922, 6 floors, 27 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

55 open (class C immediately hazardous: 14, class B hazardous: 27, class A non-hazardous: 14); 213 on record.
8 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
3 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

4 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 5 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 1 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

38 in the last 12 months; 118 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (23), PAINT/PLASTER (21), WATER LEAK (17), DOOR/WINDOW (12), HEAT/HOT WATER (9).

## Bedbugs

8 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 2 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

6 cases on record, 0 open, 5 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: WICKLIFFE REALTY CO
- Agent: JAY RAND
- HeadOfficer: JAY RAND
- Officer: JAY RAND
- SiteManager: C CEPENO

The same owner is linked to 5 other buildings (JAY RAND at 9 MARGARET AVE).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2025360005/1414-merriam-avenue-bronx